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Richard Steiner

Richard Steiner is a professor and conservation biologist based in Alaska. As the University of Alaska's marine advisor for the Prince William Sound region of Alaska from 1983 - 1997, he provided leadership in response to the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, proposed and helped establish the Regional Citizens Advisory Councils, the Prince William Sound Science Center, and the billion dollar legal settlement between Exxon and the government with which much of the coastline of the oil spill region was protected. He has also worked on oil issues in Pakistan, China, Russia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Shetland, central Asia, and the Gulf of Mexico.